2020-01-13 17-17-28 PST Nathan Johansen (but still give attribution to the typefaces that you're using to form the glyphs.) 2020-01-13 17-19-04 PST Nathan Johansen The SVG file otherwise has to depend on the display system to which you've provided the file to have the exact same font and family of that font installed to display it properly. 2020-01-13 17-10-40 PST Nathan Johansen a.png (https://chat.inkscape.org/file-upload/g6RPHEQJ4RXJrEPBP/a.png) 2020-01-13 17-23-07 PST Nathan Johansen Yet it retained the glimpse of the layout. 2020-01-13 17-20-05 PST Nathan Johansen So once you've confidently executed the design, you must "break" it into paths, and then convert those if necessary into objects, then export the visual object as an SVG. 2020-01-13 17-22-50 PST Nathan Johansen (I don't have those fonts installed here, so it would look different than the example I posted previously.) 2020-01-13 17-15-25 PST Nathan Johansen This seems to be an issue of the font inclusion at first glance. 2020-01-13 17-13-38 PST Nathan Johansen What operating system are you using? 2020-01-13 17-22-22 PST Nathan Johansen Give that a try and post the result here if you'd like. 2020-01-13 17-12-58 PST Nathan Johansen When I save it as an SVG the font fails also. 2020-01-13 17-24-02 PST Nathan Johansen You're certainly welcome, let's join the ordinary channel again and share your output as evidence of success? =) 2020-01-13 17-25-21 PST Nathan Johansen So preface it with the steps you took, and show the result, when you're ready. ;) 2020-01-13 17-14-10 PST Nathan Johansen And do you have your fonts enabled to be accessible to Inkscape? 2020-01-13 17-16-55 PST Nathan Johansen A simple workaround is to follow the rules we use for the "About Screen" contest, and to break apart the fonts and objects into outlines in your interface and then export that data. 2020-01-13 17-24-51 PST Nathan Johansen It's helpful to inspire people, and whenever we can share out techniques it's inspiring. 2020-01-13 17-10-22 PST Nathan Johansen This is what I get: 2020-01-13 17-15-59 PST Nathan Johansen Yes, however certain font's may not render in all output without rendering them. 2020-01-13 17-14-45 PST Nathan Johansen (Nice logo, by the way!) =) 2020-01-13 17-18-04 PST Nathan Johansen Select the objects and convert them to paths. 2020-01-13 17-06-56 PST Nathan Johansen At the bottom of your screen is a plus sign ( + ) where you type. You can upload the item with that here, or do so in the #inkscape_user channel as you wish. 2020-01-13 17-23-49 PST mrmcq2u and had lots of variations which showed as black boxes in thumbnails which just put me off working on it 2020-01-13 17-05-48 PST mrmcq2u hey, can I send one of the files that im having issues with? 2020-01-13 17-13-19 PST mrmcq2u a.svg.png (https://chat.inkscape.org/file-upload/HKdfRafE2aEN8sKyZ/a.svg.png) 2020-01-13 17-14-05 PST mrmcq2u clearlinux, but had the same issue with fedora when i started this particular project couple of months ago 2020-01-13 17-15-35 PST mrmcq2u so inskape has access to the fonts that are installed on the system 2020-01-13 17-13-32 PST mrmcq2u thats what it looks like in inkscape 2020-01-13 17-22-43 PST mrmcq2u ah, just tested and it works 2020-01-13 17-15-14 PST mrmcq2u yeah, i mean that .png is the same one exported from the inkscape svg 2020-01-13 17-11-20 PST mrmcq2u yeah, I am using a custom font as well that doesnt seem to get baked into the svg itself 2020-01-13 17-23-17 PST mrmcq2u thanks so much 2020-01-13 17-23-21 PST mrmcq2u hit a brick wall 2020-01-13 17-15-59 PST mrmcq2u [ ](https://chat.inkscape.org/direct/NPJ2000?msg=QPbS8D2h2g7qg73iR) thanks :) still working on it () 2020-01-13 17-07-26 PST mrmcq2u a.svg (https://chat.inkscape.org/file-upload/EBmiPYTSDWcqzcuYF/a.svg)